As you probably know, we already talked about it before, there is a popular tool provided by the Internet Archive, called Wayback machine, and it allows users to "go back in time" and view snapshots of websites as they appeared in the past. Many of us have used the Wayback Machine to revisit the old official website. However, a recent security incident made the website unavailable and scared for all the memories that were still saved might be gone...
Yesterday, October 9, 2024, the website suffered a significant data breach, deleting thousands and thousands of websites and exposing over 31 million user records. The stolen data, which included email addresses, screen names, timestamps for password changes. Visitors to the site were met with a JavaScript alert mentioning the breach and referencing the “Have I Been Pwned” (HIBP) service, where affected users could check if their data was exposed.
The data, which had a most recent timestamp of September 28, 2024, was later confirmed to be valid by cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt. Shortly after the breach disclosure, the site suffered a DDoS attack claimed by the hacktivist group “BlackMeta,” resulting in significant downtime. A lot of snapshots were lost and people who very recently visited the website with an account created are advised to change passwords if they're simple enough to ensure you won't get your data stolen.
The URL to the old official website isn't working.
I hope that the old website wasn't one of the websites affected, otherwise...
